Legal Opinion
Department of Human Services Ex Rel. Boulanger v. Comeau
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 4, 1995PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Justice.
The Department of Human Services appeals from a judgment entered in the Superi- or Court (Androscoggin County, Delahanty, J.) affirming a dismissal by the District Court (Auburn, Gorman, J.) of the Department’s paternity action against Normand Co-meau brought on behalf of Carey-Ann Boulanger, the daughter of Helen Boulanger. Because we conclude that res judicata does not bar Carey-Ann’s action for paternity, we vacate the judgment.
In 1983, Helen Boulanger filed a complaint in the District Court against the putative father, Normand Comeau, for the determination of the paternity…
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